Music History
This classical era composer wrote over 600 works, began composing at the age of 5, and is known for composing the children’s song “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star.”
Mozart
BLANK is a notional convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats (pulses) are to be contained in each bar and which note value is to be given one beat.
Time Signature
What is the order of flats
B flat, E Flat, A Flat, D Flat, G Flat, C Flat, F Flat.
This woodwind instrument is 8 feet long and has the lowest voice.
The bassoon
What was the first song to be performed in outer space?
Happy Birthday
This Baroque woodwind instrument was popular in Medieval times and is often played in elementary school classrooms.
The Recorder
Interval
What is the order of sharps
F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#
This percussion instrument makes sound when hammers hit the strings.
Piano
Who composed the scores for Harry Potter, Star Wars, Jaws, Etc.
John Williams
This German composer wrote music in the Romantic era and continued to compose even after becoming completely deaf.
Beethoven
Rhythmic patterns that put emphasis on the off-beats (i.e emphasis on the "ands" rather than on beats 1,2,3,4)
Syncopation
How many flats are in the key of Ab and in what order?
Four flats: B Flat, E Flat, A Flat, D Flat.
What is the oldest band instrument?
Flute
What school did Ms. Dunn attend?
Christopher Newport University
This keyboard instrument preceded the piano; sound is produced by plucking the strings instead of striking them. It was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music.
Harpsichord
A return to the original tempo; will be used following a sustained tempo change or brief tempo change (accelerando, ritardano, fermata, rubato, etc.)
A Tempo
What is the interval between C and G
A perfect 5th
The trumpet
Which march won the Sousa's March Madness Bracket this year in class and who was it composed by?
Hands Across the Sea by John Phillip Sousa
What instrument was last to be added to the "concert band"
Saxophone
Singable-Songlike
Cantabile
What is the trick to figure out the name of the key with sharps
Skip forward
Pizzicato is an italian term that means this.
To the pluck the strings
This song was played first on the radio
O Holy Night